"ABSTRACT: Despite promising evidence from ..experiments and observational studies, supplementation of diets with a-tocopherol 'commonly sold vitamin E] has not reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in most large-scale clinical trials...We studied the effects of supplementing diets with 'a-tocopherol] on 'blood] concentrations of y and s-tocopherol* in a...placebo-controlled trial in 184 adult non-smokers...Compared to placebo..a-tocopherol reduced y and s 'significantly.] In view of the potential benefits of y and s-tocopherol, the efficacy of 'commonly sold vitamin E] may be reduced due to decreases in..y and s-tocopherol levels..."

*We use the letter s to represent sigma tocopherol.

DETAILS: You can buy mixed tocopherols from the same source as the more common vitamin E tablets. Tocotrienols, another valuable E vitamin can be obtained in brown rice, barley, and oats.

Source of "Which Vitamin E? Is A-Tocopherol Over-rated?"

By: Huang & Appel, Dept. of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore & School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD 21205.

From: The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 133, 2003.

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